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Namyh
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0 posted 2015-08-17 03:41 AM


The Giggle

In the misty, murky mire of a mangled, marshy mud
rose a Moon betwixt the shadows ‘neath a starry night above.
No bird beat wings. No mouse did squeak. Not even an owl’s hoot
did pierce the stillness clinging to the trees and plants and roots.

I stomped upon the cigarette. The embers fumed and fizzled.
As I turned to go back inside, I swore I heard a giggle;
not large but small, not big but tiny, not huge but very wee
behind the house, down by the marsh’s solitary tree.

I stepped on leaves. I sloshed thru grass. I parted a bush with fear
and beheld a sight, not often seen, uncommonly vivid and rare.
A tiny stadium filled with bugs, some odd, some known by name
were giggling, cheering in tiny voices at an insect Baseball game!

Miniature floodlights lit the diamond. A roach hit a highball fly.
A beetle with cap and glove caught it. The audience roared and sighed.
I couldn’t believe it! My mind was blown! Legs and feet went limp
as mosquito vendors shouted “Get your hotdogs, burgers and shrimp!”

Mesmerized, my face went slack. The muscles cramped my jaw.
Only a spectacle like this comes once to remember forevermore.
I moved and something snapped or cracked, a limb, a twig, a branch.
All bugs did turn their eyes on me. Their glare….an avalanche!

They scattered in an instant, even turned off all the lights
and plunged the field in darkness making shadows of the night.
The beating wings, the mouse’s squeak, the owl’s nightly hoot
now pierced the calm to chase the bugs in hungry, hot pursuit.
And the tiny voices faded ‘neath a starry night above
in the misty, murky mire of a mangled marshy mud.

Namyh



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jjote
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1 posted 2015-08-17 05:49 AM


beautiful imagery. I am mesmerized
latearrival
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2 posted 2015-08-17 06:55 PM


I loved this night-life poem.  As a night lover I could almost hear the sounds of the creatures who also come to life at dusk.And the giggle was certain to be  from a tiny elf like creature that lives in the minds of night lovers. Best to you , Ko
JamesMichael
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3 posted 2015-08-17 09:41 PM


and the game goes on...james
Namyh
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4 posted 2015-08-18 07:33 AM


jjote - No created work is better honored than when it mesmerizes the reader, a kindred poet. Thanks jjote. Namyh
Namyh
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5 posted 2015-08-21 01:05 PM


latearrival - "a tiny elf like creature that lives in the mind of nightlovers". Wow! So you know Benny too! He gave me a little of his magic and it put a giggle in me. This baseball creation was the result. Hope it put a smile on ya. Batter up! Namyh
Margherita
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6 posted 2015-08-23 07:54 AM


Dear Namyh, what a delightful poem you have created! I am in awe by the beauty of your fantasy!

Next time take me with you when you go on discovery in a silent night!


Love,
Margherita

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